DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Mexico town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 5,181 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,413 100.0   Native 5,129 99.0
Nursery school, preschool 50 3.5       Born in United States 5,121 98.8
Kindergarten 74 5.2           State of residence 4,542 87.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 760 53.8           Different state 579 11.2
High school (grades 9-12) 378 26.8       Born outside United States 8 0.2
College or graduate school 151 10.7   Foreign born 52 1.0
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 46 0.9
  Population 25 years and over 3,311 100.0       Not a citizen 6 0.1
Less than 9th grade 123 3.7        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 385 11.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,345 40.6     Total (excluding born at sea) 52 100.0
Some college, no degree 661 20.0   Europe 40 76.9
Associate degree 310 9.4   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 317 9.6   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 170 5.1   Oceania 6 11.5
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.7 (X)   Northern America 6 11.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.7 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 4,866 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 3,965 100.0   English only 4,722 97.0
Never married 877 22.1   Language other than English 144 3.0
Now married, except separated 2,299 58.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 57 1.2
Separated 143 3.6   Spanish 33 0.7
Widowed 235 5.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 9 0.2
 Female 174 4.4   Other Indo-European languages 95 2.0
Divorced 411 10.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 44 0.9
 Female 199 5.0   Asian and Pacific Island languages 16 0.3
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 5,181 100.0
           under 18 years 80 100.0     Total ancestries reported 5,884 113.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 35 43.8   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 17 0.3
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 6 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 3,661 100.0   Dutch 287 5.5
Civilian veterans 631 17.2   English 1,040 20.1
        French (except Basque)¹ 497 9.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 192 3.7
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 896 17.3
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,372 100.0   Greek 8 0.2
With a disability 151 11.0   Hungarian 20 0.4
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,980 100.0   Irish¹ 855 16.5
With a disability 597 20.0   Italian 439 8.5
 Percent employed 46.1 (X)   Lithuanian 12 0.2
No disability 2,383 80.0   Norwegian 11 0.2
 Percent employed 81.7 (X)   Polish 231 4.5
     Population 65 years and over 514 100.0   Portuguese 8 0.2
With a disability 253 49.2   Russian 36 0.7
        Scotch-Irish 43 0.8
        Scottish 117 2.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 4,866 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,111 63.9   Swedish 41 0.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,752 36.0   Swiss 30 0.6
 Same county 1,401 28.8   Ukrainian 59 1.1
 Different county 351 7.2   United States or American 551 10.6
  Same state 219 4.5   Welsh 106 2.0
  Different state 132 2.7   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 3 0.1   Other ancestries 382 7.4
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.